UKRAINE's antonov Airlines, a world leader in air transportations for outsized and super-heavy air cargoes, has safely transported 40 tonnes of mining equipment from Vatry, France, to Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, reports the American Journal of Transportation.
The oversized cargo sections, which included a large semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill head, were split into four sections, and transported on an AN-124-100 aircraft chartered by Dynami Aviation.
'Air freight was the only way to safely transport this mining equipment and remain within the customer's timeframe to limit any impacts on mining operations,' said Dynami Aviation operations chief Jeremy Sigault.
Antonov Airlines' AN-124-100 was chosen for this project because of its ability to accommodate more than 700 cbm of unusually shaped cargo.
'The four pieces of cargo were loaded and unloaded using the AN-124-100's onboard cranes and will be used in the creation of new tunnels at a mine near to Comodoro Rivadavia,' said Antonov Airlines commercial executive Olha Danylova.
'We thank our esteemed partner Dynami Aviation for its professionalism and dedicated team which always contribute to a successful transportation,' she said.
The cargo's journey took two days via Sal, Cabo Verde, where there was a crew rest and refuelling stop, and a second technical stop at Viracopos, Brazil.
Antonov Airlines, a Ukrainian project cargo air freight expert, has seen an increase in charters for mining projects in 2021, completing three flights of equipment weighing 370 tonnes from Australia to Latin America in March, and two flights with 216 tonnes in total from Turkey to Burkina Faso and Liberia in April.
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The oversized cargo sections, which included a large semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill head, were split into four sections, and transported on an AN-124-100 aircraft chartered by Dynami Aviation.
'Air freight was the only way to safely transport this mining equipment and remain within the customer's timeframe to limit any impacts on mining operations,' said Dynami Aviation operations chief Jeremy Sigault.
Antonov Airlines' AN-124-100 was chosen for this project because of its ability to accommodate more than 700 cbm of unusually shaped cargo.
'The four pieces of cargo were loaded and unloaded using the AN-124-100's onboard cranes and will be used in the creation of new tunnels at a mine near to Comodoro Rivadavia,' said Antonov Airlines commercial executive Olha Danylova.
'We thank our esteemed partner Dynami Aviation for its professionalism and dedicated team which always contribute to a successful transportation,' she said.
The cargo's journey took two days via Sal, Cabo Verde, where there was a crew rest and refuelling stop, and a second technical stop at Viracopos, Brazil.
Antonov Airlines, a Ukrainian project cargo air freight expert, has seen an increase in charters for mining projects in 2021, completing three flights of equipment weighing 370 tonnes from Australia to Latin America in March, and two flights with 216 tonnes in total from Turkey to Burkina Faso and Liberia in April.
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